republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-808.md

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Bill	Cherokee County; board of commissioners; candidate reside in district in which they seek election for at least 12 months immediately preceding election; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the office of commissioner of Cherokee County, approved August 9, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 177), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4295), so as to provide that candidates for the board of commissioners shall have resided within the respective district from which they seek election for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding their election; to provide for related matters; to provide contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 808	Georgia HB 808 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	John Carson Mandi Ballinger Michael Caldwell Scot Turner	2	12	1	2014-01-22	2014-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/64a5d08b-2bde-4871-809d-cbebeef29c45	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cf23ae81df8c3cd2195027d00eacccfbb7506055966a29d3535679e41be62ba9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 808 (2013_14) — Cherokee County; board of commissioners; candidate reside in district in which they seek election for at least 12 months immediately preceding election; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the office of commissioner of Cherokee County, approved August 9, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 177), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4295), so as to provide that candidates for the board of commissioners shall have resided within the respective district from which they seek election for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding their election; to provide for related matters; to provide contingent effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 808/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6873/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Carson — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
• Scot Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-01-22 House Hopper
• 2014-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-01-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-01-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-01-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-10 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-10 Act 370 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64a5d08b-2bde-4871-809d-cbebeef29c45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).